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The papers illustrate the different ways in which the Renaissance made use of its classical heritage.
Author : R. R. Bolgar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 25,50 MB
Release : 1976-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0521208408
The papers illustrate the different ways in which the Renaissance made use of its classical heritage.
Author : Wolfgang Haase
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 21,96 MB
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 311087024X
Author : Robert R. Bolgar
Publisher :
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 26,50 MB
Release : 1976
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Author : R. R. Bolgar
Publisher :
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 37,9 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Comparative literature
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Author : Larissa Bonfante
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 44,4 MB
Release : 2011-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0521194040
Deals with the reality of the indigenous peoples of Europe - Thracians, Scythians, Celts, Germans, Etruscans, and other peoples of Italy, the Alps, and beyond.
Author : Walter Cohen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 12,54 MB
Release : 2017-01-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0191078913
Walter Cohen argues that the history of European literature and each of its standard periods can be illuminated by comparative consideration of the different literary languages within Europe and by the ties of European literature to world literature. World literature is marked by recurrent, systematic features, outcomes of the way that language and literature are at once the products of major change and its agents. Cohen tracks these features from ancient times to the present, distinguishing five main overlapping stages. Within that framework, he shows that European literatures ongoing internal and external relationships are most visible at the level of form rather than of thematic statement or mimetic representation. European literature emerges from world literature before the birth of Europe — during antiquity, whose Classical languages are the heirs to the complex heritage of Afro-Eurasia. This legacy is later transmitted by Latin to the various vernaculars. The uniqueness of the process lies in the gradual displacement of the learned language by the vernacular, long dominated by Romance literatures. That development subsequently informs the second crucial differentiating dimension of European literature: the multicontinental expansion of its languages and characteristic genres, especially the novel, beginning in the Renaissance. This expansion ultimately results in the reintegration of European literature into world literature and thus in the creation of todays global literary system. The distinctiveness of European literature is to be found in these interrelated trajectories.
Author : Anthony Grafton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 1188 pages
File Size : 17,98 MB
Release : 2010-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674035720
The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science.
Author : Simon Price
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 19,42 MB
Release : 2011-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 110147579X
An innovative and intriguing look at the foundations of Western civilization from two leading historians; the first volume in the Penguin History of Europe The influence of ancient Greece and Rome can be seen in every aspect of our lives. From calendars to democracy to the very languages we speak, Western civilization owes a debt to these classical societies. Yet the Greeks and Romans did not emerge fully formed; their culture grew from an active engagement with a deeper past, drawing on ancient myths and figures to shape vibrant civilizations. In The Birth of Classical Europe, the latest entry in the much-acclaimed Penguin History of Europe, historians Simon Price and Peter Thonemann present a fresh perspective on classical culture in a book full of revelations about civilizations we thought we knew. In this impeccably researched and immensely readable history we see the ancient world unfold before us, with its grand cast of characters stretching from the great Greeks of myth to the world-shaping Caesars. A landmark achievement, The Birth of Classical Europe provides insight into an epoch that is both incredibly foreign and surprisingly familiar.
Author : Robert Ralph Bolgar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Comparative literature
ISBN : 0521078423
Author : Helen Morales
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 45,27 MB
Release : 2007-08-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 0192804766
From Zeus to Europa, to Pan and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome continue to pervade the numerous facets of our existence. The author explores the rich history and varying interpretations of classical myth in both high art and popular culture as well as its ongoing influence in modern society.